Bright Ideas Energy Saving Light Bulbs

As environmental damage is increasingly on the social and political agenda, BLT Direct says that making a difference can be as easy as switching from one light bulb to another. Energy efficient bulbs may not be a new innovation but it's surprising how many households have yet to make the change. Using an energy efficient bulb in the place of a standard light bulb reduces CO2 emissions and saves energy. In fact, if every household in the country used just one energy efficient bulb, the energy saved would be enough to light up Briton's streetlights for a whole year.

If you're still not sure about energy saving bulbs and how they can help reduce your electricity bill and do your bit for the environment, read on...

Why are energy saving light bulbs better then normal bulbs?

Energy saving light bulbs work much more efficiently than standard bulbs. A traditional bulb wastes energy by producing heat as well as light. An energy saving bulb however works more like a fluorescent tube. The electric current passes through the gas in the tube, lighting it up without producing excess heat.

Do I need to replace like for like If I Switch To Energy Saving?

No. Because energy saving bulbs work more productively they use around a quarter of the electricity. This means you can replace a normal 60W bulb with a 13-18W energy saving recommended equivalent.

Will An Energy Saving Bulb Really Save Me Money?

Yes! The savings from an energy saving bulb are twofold. Firstly, because they waste less energy and use less electricity, the savings on your electricity bill are substantial. Energy saving light bulbs last up to 12 times longer than ordinary light bulbs and can save you £9 per year in electricity (and 38 kilograms of CO2 ) or £100 over the bulbs lifetime.

Secondly, as energy saving bulbs are built to last, you need to replace them less frequently, saving money on the cost of new bulbs.

But Don't Energy Saving Bulbs Cost More?

Energy saving light bulbs are more expensive than traditional light bulbs when initially purchased. However, in the long term the savings on the electricity bill and lower replacement costs make it a cheaper option.

Can I Use Energy Saving Bulbs With Existing Appliances?

Energy saving bulbs can be used with older appliances such as lamps. In addition, you can now also buy low energy light fittings which will only take low energy light bulbs. These use a ballast

or transformer fitted into the base of the light fitting. It controls the supply of electricity to the bulb, allowing for a small surge of power for a millisecond to light the bulb and then reducing the electricity flow to a very low level. Low energy fittings require a pin-based energy saving bulb. This is a different fitting to a conventional bulb but will ensure that the bulbs you buy in future will always save energy, money and the environment.

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The BARF Diet For Dog Health

Are you feeding your dog with the right food to ensure its optimum health? Is your dog food really safe? What kind of dog food really that can satisfy your dog's hunger and would help in keeping him healthy?

It has been common practice dog owners to feed their dogs with commercially available, processed dog food. Branded dog foods are what a lot of dog owners prefer. They think that by feeding their dogs with this kind of stuff, they will have no worries or whatsoever regarding their dog's health. But little do they know that these "preferred" processed dog food can just bring harm to their dog's health. Most of these foods contain a long list of additives, preservatives and grain products.

Why not feed them the way they would feed themselves in the wild? Why not give them the kind of food that their ancestors feasted originally when they were once scavengers or used to hunt for food to have their fill? Feeding your dog with fresh, raw foods is just what I am talking about; close to what Nature might offer would likely result in better health for your dog.

BARF ("biologically appropriate raw food") or "BARF" diet is the healthy, safe and nutritious way to feed your pet. The natural way your dog's ancestors used to eat just before all those manufactured, highly-processed and grain-based foods entered their digestive systems are what the BARF diet is about and is slowly winning back dog owners all over. This diet is typically made up of 60-80% of raw meaty bones(RMB), that is bones with about 50% meat, (e.g. chicken neck, back and wings) and 20-40% of fruits and vegetables, offal, meat, eggs, or dairy foods. The BARF diet looks only at the freshest whole raw food sources rich in vitamins, minerals and essential fatty acids derived mostly from human-edible ingredients.

The presence of bacteria in raw food often worries pet owners and vets. They assume these bacteria will imperil their dog health. However, dogs, being scavengers, have evolved to eat and thrive on bacteria laden food, requiring them for immune system maturity. Living enzymes are proteins found in raw foods which help the dog's body function better. Enzymes are only beneficial to the body if they are living. Once food is cooked or processed, it no longer contains living enzymes. Living enzymes in a raw diet restore, repair, and maintain health. Animals replenish their enzymes systems by eating raw, unprocessed foods.

So if you want to improve your dog's health, lengthen his life span, have stronger teeth, fresher breath, a better-functioning immune system and fully-developed bones or body structure, then settle for something that's natural, proven and safe for your dog's health like the BARF diet.

If we people are now trying to back to alternatives or "natural ways" to improve our health, then we should have our dogs have a good alternative too...The BARF diet.

I am Maikeru Sazushima. I love to write about my hobbies. Please visit http://edoghealth.blogspot.com/ for more articles and blogs on dog health.

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Finding Information On The Latest In Kitchenware For Your Home

If you are like many women and men in the 21st century, you like to have the most up to date kitchenware for your home. In this regard, because you like to keep up with the current trends and changes when it comes to kitchenware, you may be interested in informational resources in regard to the latest trends in kitchenware.

First of all, in this day and age, there are a number of truly solid television shows broadcasting in this day and age that provide information on the latest developments in regard to kitchenware. You might want to consider tuning into one or another of these programs to get updated on what is being done and sold in the way of kitchenware in this day and age.

Keep in mind that in addition to television broadcasts, there are also some very helpful videos or DVDs that can assist you in making decisions on what types of newly designed kitchenware you might want to consider buying. Of course, one of the benefits to be had to viewing videos as opposed to watching television broadcasts is that you can watch these videos at your convenience.

There are some wonderful books now on the market that explore what the best outfitted kitchen includes. These books generally are available at major booksellers in the brick and mortar world. In addition, many kitchen supply stores also maintain these types of books in their inventories. Finally, on occasion, some home improvement centers in operation in the brick and mortar world also include these types of books on their shelves. As an aside, in some communities, libraries to maintain books of these nature in some instances.

Finally, as with so many other products and services in the 21st century, the Internet is a wonderful resource for information on the latest kitchenware and cookware that is available on the market at this point in time. There are websites that even provide independent evaluations about the latest kitchenware products that have been introduced into the marketplace. Through these independent evaluations you will be in a better position to make a decision about which kitchenware and cookware products will best meet your needs -- not only in the immediate but into the more long term future as well. You will be able to make sounder purchasing decisions through the use of these types of Internet based informational websites.




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Coping With Hearing Loss

Oddly enough, I've come to think that losing my hearing was one of the best things that ever happened to me, as it led to the publication of my first novel. But it took a while for me to accept that I was losing my hearing and needed help.

I believe that no matter how tough things get, you can make them better. I have my parents to thank for that. They never allowed me to think that I couldn't accomplish something because of my hearing loss. One of my mother's favorite sayings when I expressed doubt that I could do something was, "Yes, you can."

I was born with a mild hearing loss but began to lose more of my hearing when I was a senior in college. One day while sitting in my college dormitory room reading, I noticed my roommate get up from her bed, go to the princess telephone in our room, pick it up and start talking. None of that would have seemed strange, except for one thing: I never heard the telephone ring! I wondered why I couldn't hear a phone that I could hear just the day before. But I was too baffled--and embarrassed--to say anything to my roommate or to anyone else.

Late-deafened people can always remember the moments when they first stopped being able to hear the important things in life like telephones and doorbells ringing, people talking in the next room, or the television. It's sort of like remembering where you were when you learned that President Kennedy had been shot or when you learned about the terror attack at the World Trade Center.

Unbeknown to me at the time, that was only the beginning of my downward spiral, as my hearing grew progressively worse. But I was young and still vain enough not to want to buy a hearing aid. I struggled through college by sitting up front in the classroom, straining to read lips and asking people to speak up, sometimes again and again.

By the time I entered graduate school, I could no longer put it off. I knew that I had to buy a hearing aid. By then, even sitting in front of the classroom wasn't helping much. I was still vain enough to wait a few months while I let my hair grow out a bit before taking the plunge but I eventually did buy a hearing aid. It was a big, clunky thing, but I knew that I would have to be able to hear if I ever wanted to graduate.

Soon, my hair length didn't matter much, as the hearing aids got smaller and smaller. They also got better and better at picking up sound. The early aids did little more than make sounds louder evenly across the board. That doesn't work for those of us with nerve deafness, as we may have more hearing loss in the high frequencies than in the lower ones. The newer digital and programmable hearing aids go a long way toward improving on that. They can be set to match different types of hearing loss, so you can, say, increase a particular high frequency more than other frequencies.

Once I got my hearing aid and was able to hear again, I could focus on other things that were important to me--like my education, my career and writing that first novel! I didn't realize it then, but that first hearing aid actually freed me to go on to bigger and better things.

I had long dreamed of writing a novel, but like others kept putting it off. As I began to lose more and more of my hearing, it was a chore just to keep up at work, let alone doing much else. Then once I got the hearing aid, I no longer had to worry about a lot of the things I did before, and I began to think that writing a novel would be the perfect hobby for me. Anyone can write regardless of whether they can hear. I was also determined to prove that losing my hearing would not hold me back.

My first novel was published in 1994 and my fifth in the summer of 2005. Writing turned out to be much more than a hobby, as I've been writing full-time for more than 10 years. I'm now hard at work on my first nonfiction work, a photo-essay book to be published in 2007. I honestly believe that I would never have sat down at the computer and banged out that first novel if I hadn't lost so much of my hearing. Instead, I'd probably still be an editor somewhere and still dreaming about someday becoming a novelist. That's why I sometimes think that losing my hearing was one of the best things that ever happened to me.


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